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It seems that energy efficiency has taken a back seat in the media lately but now that health care has been enacted, look for more coverage as more and more businesses continue to install varying systems and customers demand it from their suppliers.

Here's what we know:

1) The sun provides more energy in an hour than all the coal mines and oil wells do in a year.    2) This solar energy is limitless and pollution free.
3) Solar energy will play a major role in weaning the nation from dangerous, polluting, unstable and, in many cases, increasingly expensive forms of energy.
4) America can and must figure out how to tap the heat and power of the sun.

A new study by the Solar Energy Industries Association shows that 75 percent of those surveyed support the development of solar energy plants on public lands. The poll was conducted by Gotham Research Group. 

The American public overwhelming supports the development of solar energy. It is time for our elected officials to respond to this high public demand and enact policies that allow solar to compete with other energy sources on a level playing field.  The survey also revealed that solar power was the top choice (38 percent) as the best use of public land. Respondents also selected solar farms and wind power (22 percent each) as the top energy sources that the government should prioritize for support, beating out natural gas (16 percent), nuclear (16 percent), oil (11 percent) and coal (4 percent).

Let's hope that the powers that be understand this and get our people working on creating a sustainable America.